Carriage-top



(No Model.)

J. W. LEEK.

CARRIAGE TOP.

No. 375,553. Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN W. LEEK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CARRIAG E-TO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,553, dated December 2'7, 1887.

Application filed August 29, 1887. Serial No. 248,195. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. LEEK, a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat finish for the edge of canopy-tops of phaeton, surrey, or like conveyances, and to provide a novel metallic water-drip, preventing water from coming in contact with the head-lining and rotting it out, all of which will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the improved top. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the frame-work, showing its construction. Fig. 3 is a cross section through the frame and molding. I

A represents the frame of the top; a, bows to support the cover B.

0 represents the ordinary top-supporting irons.

D represents the head-lining; E, a fillingpiece of any suitable material; F, metallic molding of any design.

' G represents a curtain, hung by hook H to staple h, driven in the frame A.

The construction is as follows: The headlining D is stretched on the under side of frame A and, tacked to the outer edge of same; Then the filling-piece E is securely fastened over it. The cover B is then stretched over the top and tacked to the filling-piece E. The metallic and finishing molding F is then put on and clamped down by suitable tools upon the filling-piece E, as shown in Fig. 3.

The great objection in having the bottom of the molding on a plane with the head-liningis, that it allows the water shed by the top to follow the molding around and wet the head-lining. I prevent this by having .the metallic molding project below the head-lining, forming a drip for the water. It also forms a shed or protection for the top part of the curtain and its fastening devices, which is secured to the under side of the frame A, thereby making a neater top, and one which will shed the water much better than other constructions hitherto used, because the curtain-joint is protected and hidden from view.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1; A canopy-top for vehicles, consisting of the top frame, A, the head-lining D, secured at its edges to said frame, the filling-piece E, secured to the side of the frame over the headlining, the covering B, extending over the frame and attached to the filling-piece, and the outer metallic molding, F, having its upper and lower edges secured upon the filling-piece and protecting the attached edges of the covering, substantially as described.

2. A canopy-top for vehicles, consisting of the top frame, A, the head-lining D, secured at its edges to the frame, the filling-piece E, attached to the top frame and projecting downward below the under side'of the head-lining, the covering B, extending over the frame and secured to the front of the filling-piece, and the molding F, having its upper and lower edges extending around and clamped upon the edges of the filling-piece, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the'open frame A, having the transverse bows a, the covering B, stretched over the bows, the lining D, secured to: the frame, the filling-piece E, attached to the frame and around which the covering extends, said filling-piece extending below the plane of the lining to form a water-drip, and the molding F, having its upper and lower edges crimped around the edges of the fillingpiece and holding the covering in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand.

JOHN W. LEEK.

Witnesses:

ROBERT ZAHNER, J. WATSON SIMS. 

